Improvement in barrels



J. TOMLINSON.

BARRELS. No.18ZA94. Patented Sept. 19,1876.

WITNESSES JZKM-K UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES TOMLINSON, OF GODERIOH, ONTARIO, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARRELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,494, datedSeptember 19, 1876; application filed November 3, 1874. v

To all whom it may concert:

e it known tha 1 JAMES TOMLINSON, of Goderi rovinceof Ontario, Dominionof Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrels;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in the construction of wooden barrels, ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents aperspective view of a barrel for containing flour, sugar, grain, andlike materials. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of a barrel forcontaining rosin, oils, and liquids of any kind. Fig. 3 is a section ofthe head of the liquid-barrel.

My barrel is composed of one or a series of veneers of wood, cut aroundthe log, with the grain thereof running lengthwise of the veneer, andbanded by hoops B B, as shown in Fig. 1. On the inside of the veneer orveneers A is placed a cylinder, 0, made of a single sheet of thin woodor veneer, formed, preferably, by cutting a sliver around a log, in themanner heretofore known. This cylinder is of a length equal to thelength of the veneer or veneers A, minus the space at top and bottom forplacing in the heads. The grain thereof runs at right angles to that ofthe grain of the veneers A. The top and bottom edges of this cylinderform a bearing for the heads D, and has both its inner edges featheredand nailed together, as seen at a in Fig. 1.

The main object I have in view is to form a light and strong woodenbarrel, and one that willbe perfectly tight, so as to avoid the egressof fine material through the cracks and spaces formed by the shrinkageof the wooden veneers. The cylinder being ofra single sheet, with itsedges overlapped, and the grain of the wood being at right angles tothat of the veneers, the barrel has great strength, and should theveneers shrink from each other no opening occurs whereby the contents ofthe barrel can escape, as would be the case if the inner cylinder orlining was made of two or more sections.

For carrying rosin, oils, and liquids, I interpose a sheet-metal (zincpreferred) lining, E, between the veneers A and cylinder 0, so as toform a perfect liquid-tight barrel.

The head D of the barrel is composed of two pieces of wood, I) d, withthe grains crossing each other. The head D of the liquid-barrel isformed in the same manner, and has a sheet of metal, 0, placed betweenthe pieces 11 d.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wooden barrel, formed of one or more veneers, A, with the grain ofthe wood running lengthwise of the same, and provided with an interiorcylinder, 0, of a single sheet of thin wood, with its grain running atright angles to that of the veneers, and having its ends feathered andoverlapping, as set forth.

2. The sheet-metal lining E, in combination with the veneer or veneers Aand cylindrical sheet 0, as and for the purposes set forth.

JAMES TOMLINSON. Witnesses A. H. GRAYDON, Tnos. EVANS.

